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STEVE LOPEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 10, 1946 – March 20, 1967
Service recordSteve Lopez, of Fremont, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 124
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Fremont, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 124
- MICHAEL LESTER LAWSONPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- JACK ROWLEY LICHTE JRFirst Lieutenant · March 20, 1967
- DENNIS RICHARD MORRELLPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- DONALD LEE NEELYSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GORDON LEONARD CABLESSpecialist Five · Panel 16E, Line 119
- THOMAS EDWARD HAGGARDPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 121
From Fremont
- JESSE ROMERO CASTROPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- CHESTER KEITH NUESSECorporal · March 11, 1967
- EDWARD ORAN CLAEYSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE DEMELLOSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT DUNCANPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- THOMAS GERARD BRADYSergeant · November 21, 1967
- JOHN WALLACE JONESLance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- GARY LEE MERIDITHHospitalman · January 2, 1968
- DANIEL ESCOBEDOLance Corporal · January 27, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE CLARKSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.